Women students were crowded into already full dorms. lunch lines grew longer, and sometimes tempers grew short. The girls received a morale boost from the Billy Jean King - Bobby Riggs ballyhoo match. but the dating game remained the most popular pasttime. Familiar gripes about dress codes and hair length were heard. but these gave way to doubts concerning world codes: a desire for revenge saw the Middle East explode with renewed savagery. and Viet Nam still smoldered. The justice and feasibility of aid or involvement with Israel was questioned. Arab pressure on the government was felt by students as gas rationing and fuel shortages became more widespread - American became prey to the foibles of lesser nations. INTRODUCTION / 23
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